Source: python-jwcrypto Version: 1.5.6-1.1 Severity: important Tags: security upstream X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for python-jwcrypto. CVE-2026-80179[0]: | A flaw was found in jwcrypto. A remote attacker can send a specially | crafted JSON Web Encryption (JWE) token containing numerous period | delimiters. This malformed token can force the JWE.deserialize() | function to allocate excessive memory, leading to a MemoryError. | This issue results in a denial of service (DoS) for services that | process untrusted JWE values. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-80179 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80179 [1] https://github.com/latchset/jwcrypto/security/advisories/GHSA-96rv-c4vc-h4f4 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
